taug

From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

• IPA^(key): /tʰøyːɣ/

  Rhymes: -øyːɣ

taug f (genitive singular taugar, nominative plural taugar)

1. rope, line, cable
2. nerve

• brjósttaug
• sjóntaug (“optic nerve”)
• skyntaug (“sensory nerve”)
• taugalæknir (“neurologist”)

• (Setesdal) IPA^(key): [ta̝u̯ːɡ]
• (Vikværsk) IPA^(key): /tæʉː/, /tæʋː/
• IPA^(key): /tœʉːɡ/

From Old Norse taug, from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

taug (definite singular taugi, indefinite plural tauger, definite plural taugene)

1. (nonstandard or dialectal) alternative form of tau

From earlier and Old Norse tog (“rope”), from Proto-Germanic *taugō.

taug

1. (dialectal, Setesdal, Vikværsk) a rope

tog, tau (Nynorsk)

taug (neuter taugt, definite singular and plural tauge, comparative taugare, indefinite superlative taugast, definite superlative taugaste)

1. slowish

• “taug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *taugō.

taug f (genitive taugar)

1. string, rope

• uptaug

• Icelandic: taug

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “taug”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive